Laura Garofalo

Laura Garófalo’s research, pedagogy, and practice
focuses on the conjunction of natural and architectural
systems.

Her projection of the role of architecture as an active
environmental steward defines her work in resilient lightweight
structures and hierologically centered buildings. Recent
premiated design competition entries include: 13th International
Garden Festival of the Jardins de Métis/Redford Gardens in
Canada, First Place: d3 Housing Tomorrow 2010 (w/O. Khan), First
Place: Charleston Transit Hub Design Competition by Architecture
for Humanity, Charleston 2010, ACSA Faculty Design Award, the What
if New York City Post-Disaster Housing Design Competition (with D.
Hill), Finalist of the Jardins Ephemeres Design Competition,
Canada, and a Gold “Spark Award”. Her firm (Liminal
Projects, co-founded with O. Khan) has been exhibited at the
Architectural League of New York, and the National Building Museum,
and was selected by the Architectural League of New York as Notable
Young Architects (1999). Most recently, her work has been published
in Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production (Gail
Borden and Michael Meredith eds.), Vegetecture (Maurizio Corrado
ed.), and the forthcoming Architecture for Humanity Design Like You
Give a Damn